Spell Comparison Chart (1.0.82)

CharmedImSure

OUT OF DATE: You can find the newest comparison chart for 1.1.x here.

1.0.82 - Wands Spell Comparison Chart
SPELL	COST	DAMAGE	RATIO	WARMUP	SPEED	DURATION
Teleport	20	*	*	*	0.15s	*
Shield of Light	10 + 5/s	*	*	*	*	Mana
Acid Cloud	45	4/s	0-1.3	*	*	20s
Heavenly Dome	10 + 15/s	*	*	*	*	Mana
Devils Twins	35	*	*	*	*	DMG
Armor of the Sun	50	*	*	*	*	DMG
Hail of Death	5 (1st=10)	3	0.3/0.6	*	~13.3m/s	*
Lightning Strike	50	40	0.8	2s	Instant	*
Devils Spit	25	18	0.72	*	10m/s	*
Petrifying Prison	20	*	*	*	*	10s
Flaming Phoenix	45	~16-60	0.36-1.33	0s-2s	13,7,13m/s	60s
Blazing Meteor	40	25	0.625	*	10->18m/s	*
Electric Fist	30	8 (x5=40)	0.3-1.3	0s-2s	12.5m/s	*
Stone Demon	80	12	Varies	*	10m/s(prj)	35 HP
Chaos Leap	25	*	*	*	0.15s	*
Soil Spikes	40	25	0.625	*	*	Touch

1.0.82 - Pickups
PICKUP	EFFECT	GRAB	SPAWN	RESPAWN
Health	+15 Health	2s	30s	45s

1.0.82 - Player
MAX HEALTH	MAX MANA	MANA REFILL	MANA REFILL FINAL
100	100	5/s (20s)	10/s (10s)

1.0.82 Patch Notes:

New and/or updated features:

Previous loadout selected on game start.
Improvements to friendly match making.
Improved random tile handling for Chaos Leap.
Improved destroy check on Stone Demon.
Sky box optimization on Ophidian and Celestial.
Players can no longer trigger pickups if using spells or spell menu.

Game balancing and bug fixes:

Increase Stone Demon spell dmg to 12 from 11.
Increase Flaming Phoenix lifespan from 18 to 60 seconds.
General game optimization to prevent judder.
Fix to ensure spell menu can be opened after cast of defensive spell.
Soil Spikes no longer unblocks teleport if in combination with Petrifying Prison.
Added failsafes to make sure Devil’s Spit is fired from correct position.
Fix for Soil Spikes not being destroyed on Match reset.
Fix to prevent shields from staying active after button has been released.

Previous Charts:

Patch v1.0.71
Patch v1.0.5
Release v1.0.4

CharmedImSure

I added some information to the new chart (Warmup, Speed and Duration) and changed the format a bit to be easier to read. Any changes from the previous version are highlighted. Instead of listing the changes inline (which there isn't enough room for) I opted to simply copy and paste the patch notes into the post.

There is no data for the Speed column atm; hopefully a dev will chime in with some numbers so I can update the chart.

CharmedImSure

*Added speeds for Teleport, Hail, Spit, Phoenix, Meteor, Fist and Chaos Leap (thanks, @hanlid).
*Phoenix has a start and an end speed of ~13m/s, otherwise it's 7m/s.
*The cost for Phoenix was lowered from 50 to 45 in this version (not in patch notes).

CharmedImSure

More details on how Phoenix works:

-Once fired it will fly in a straight line at 13m/s (length dependent on how long you charge up the spell).
-At the end of this line it will slow to 7m/s and begin hunting the target.
-If it gets within about 3m of the target, a "point of no return" is triggered where it will increase its speed to 13m/s again and fly in a straight line until it hits something (if you teleport away after it starts its final approach, it will not turn and follow you.)
-It reaches its maximum damage at some small percentage of its lifetime (less than 15 seconds?)

CharmedImSure

*Updated Meteor speed. Turns out it starts at 10m/s and accelerates to 18m/s over the distance of its path.
*Added a speed for the Stone Demon projectile.
*Added mouse-over text for highlighted stats so you can easily see the old values.

OccyRing

Awesome job, @CharmedImSure!

@hanlid does each bolt in Electric Fist move at a random speed?

hanlid

Yeah great job @CharmedImSure!

No they don't @OccyRing, however they are released with a small delay in between each shot.

OccyRing

Interesting. That means the angle of each bolt makes a much bigger difference than I expected.

CharmedImSure

*Added Demon HPs. How many hits does it take for each spell to kill it? Let's take a look:

-2 Meteors (80 mana)
-12 Hail (65 mana)
-2 Spit (50 mana)
-1 Lightning (50 mana)
-1-2 Phoenixes (45-90 mana) - Can someone confirm it's possible to kill a Demon in one hit within the distance of the straight line charge? I know point blank requires 2 hits.
-1 charged Fist (30 mana)

So Fist, which normally is difficult to do a lot of damage to a player with, is a BOSS at taking out Demons cheaply.

As for updates to the chart, this should be the last one until the next patch. Thanks to @OccyRing and @hanlid for letting me know that at least 2 people are reading these.

EavieWinter

@CharmedImSure I'm just getting up to speed on the forums (ohmygoshhavingablastwiththisgamelovingthetech), so count me in as reader number 3

I'm pretty behind still on anything more than the basic mechanics of the game, so this chart is extremely helpful right now. You mentioned back in October that you won't be updating it until the next patch. Has a new one come out? Not that you have anything better to do, I'm sure...

CharmedImSure

@EavieWinter Welcome to the forum! There is a new chart for 1.1.x here:
http://www.wandsgame.com/forum/discussion/228/spell-comparison-chart-1-1-0-latest

Did you come here via the reddit sidebar? I don't think anyone updated that link. In any case, I added a link to the OP so people can find their way.

EavieWinter

@CharmedImSure Thanks for the welcome! I found this forum while trying to figure out via Google what the heck those little vials of red stuff were (health pickups). Told ya I'm new around here

CharmedImSure

Don't worry, there are at least 23,000 other Wands players who haven't found the forum yet.